The law of interpersonal exchange shows that no one can be completely separated from the network, especially a businessman like Elmos, who must have his own group of people. If you want to investigate Hermos, you have to start with these people.

Soon, Jiang Junyan circled a few people who had a lot of contact with Emers. Eventually, from the crowd, he heard that a man named Stindall had collaborated with Elmos many times. After finding Stindale's residence, Jiang Junyan also got Jin Xiaochen's background collection about Stindale.

After a brief observation of Stindel, Jiang Junyan discovered that Stindall was also a loner. The nearly 60-year-old man has almost no relatives and friends, and usually drinks some alcohol at home and then drives around.

Jiang Junyan and Cao Yao created an opportunity to meet him, and at a tavern, Jiang Junyan invited Stindel to have a drink, and finally struck up a conversation with him.

"You want to talk about Elmos?" Hearing Jiang Junyan's intentions, Stindall obviously hesitated.

From his eyes, Jiang Junyan read a trace of bitterness, which made him feel even more curious: "As far as I know, Elmos and yours live almost the same life, and they don't usually have much communication. And before he disappeared, he only had the most contact with you. So I wonder if you have your own opinion about his disappearance. ”

"I don't have much contact with him! I don't know anything! Continuing to drink, Stindall shook his head, "Young man, there are some things that should be let him pass, what do you get by pursuing too much?" ”

"The truth!" Jiang Junyan said bluntly, "Because in addition to Elmos, there are other people missing, including my friend, and I have to find my friend." ”

Stindale glanced at Cao Yao next to him, and the woman's bright smile made him also bared his teeth: "It's good to be young, with a beautiful young girl by your side, you can do all kinds of crazy and adventurous things." It's good to be young, to go to the trouble for a friend, even if you know it's dangerous. ”

"So you know it's dangerous?"

"I didn't say anything, I didn't want to say anything." Putting down his glass, Stindall got up to leave.

Jiang Junyan hurriedly said: "In fact, no matter when, as long as you are willing, you can do what you want. For friends, it's okay to be in your teens, it's okay to be in your twenties. It's okay to be in your sixties, and it's okay to be in your nineties. We often hold back not because of anything else, but because of ourselves. ”

"Just because of yourself?" Stindel's voice became weak, and he felt the warmth of his arm, and it turned out that it was Cao Yao who stepped forward and grabbed him.

"I'm sure you want to make friends, and you must have friends."

Many times it is very simple to soften a person's heart, it is a seemingly ordinary sentence, but as long as this word can touch the softest place in the heart, it can make a person change in an instant.

Stindall is not a bad person, and judging by his communication with Jiang Junyan, he is also eager to be communicated. Now, when he took the two young men to his residence, he seemed to have made a decision.

Inside the large, unkempt house, Stindall is full of objects. He shoved things aside and made his way up the stairs to the second floor. Opening a door with a trembling hand seemed to open the ban, Stindall first shook his body, and then seemed to be relieved. took a step forward and opened the white curtain, and the objects inside were presented one by one, making Jiang Junyan and Cao Yao even more suspicious.

These are ordinary objects, but in order to prevent dust from falling, Stindall covered them with a shield that seemed to be very cherished.

"What are these?"

"Friends, affection...... A past that is not forgotten. Speaking of this, Stindel actually had a slight smile on his face, "You are right, Elmos and I are indeed very good friends. Earlier, we had nothing to say. ”

"I guess that's when you were younger."

"Earlier than that, we almost grew up together!" Pointing to the objects, Stindel recalled, "These objects recorded everything I went through with him, and we had adventures together, life and death together. A lot of times, he's me, I'm him. ”

The most mundane objects often bring the deepest memories, and Stindale's preservation of these simple objects is to preserve the memories of his friendship with Elmos. Being able to do this shows that their relationship is not ordinary.

However, both from Stindel's rhetoric and from the background of previous investigations. For at least a decade or so, the two men seemed to have little communication, as if they were mere acquaintances.

"Actually, I started to get in touch with him about 30 years ago. I didn't know what was going on in between, so he started to hide something from me. We don't talk about everything like brothers in life and death like we did in our teens and twenties. ”

"Thirty years ago? It's about the same time as Elmos buys the shipyard! Jiang Junyan found the point, "You actually regard Elmos as a brother, so you must care about his changes." Even if he doesn't say it, you'll go investigate. ”

Stindale nodded: "At first, I was indeed investigating, but in the end, Elmos not only stopped me, but even warned me. He said that if I investigated, we would not only not be friends, but enemies. What's more, if I continue to investigate, it will not only bring me trouble and danger, but also put him in danger of his life. In this way, I finally gave up on the investigation. But all these years, I've been keeping an eye on him and the shipyard, and I can tell what's going on there. ”

opened the chatterbox, and also opened the dusty memories. Stindale began to tell more truths.

Elmos also briefly disappeared for a while before taking the shipyard. When he returned, he seemed to be a different person. After that, he put all his mind on that shipyard, but he didn't see that it had any influence on him. Until five years ago, Elmos seemed to sense that something was about to happen. As a result, the pair of friends who had not communicated much for many years began to get in touch again.

"One day, Elmos came to me out of the blue, and he talked a lot about going to heaven and hell. Since I hadn't communicated with him for a long time, I didn't know what he was trying to say. Until he told me that if he died one day, please make sure I keep the memories of his and my best friends, because those memories may be his real time. ”

Jiang Junyan sighed: "Really your own time? In other words, his time has not belonged to him since almost thirty years ago! ”

I asked him the same question. At first he was reluctant to say anything, but on our second contact, he told me that if he suddenly disappeared one day, I must not look into it. Because his disappearance may not just be a disappearance, but a ritual. I asked what the ceremony was. A ritual of forgiveness, he said. ”

A ritual of forgiveness? Thinking of the vampire motif appearing in those castles, and the story of the vampire and the Holy Grail about forgiveness and revenge, Jiang Junyan became more and more sure that Elmos had something to do with the Holy Grail incident.

"Did he tell you anything else, or anything else he left for you?"

Stindall walked over to a cabinet: "When he told me to keep my memories of him and him, I began to keep some of my belongings with him. That includes the things he gave me. The last thing Elmos gave me was a notebook! ”

Taking out the locked notebook from the cabinet, when Jiang Junyan and Cao Yao saw the contents of the notebook, their eyes widened in surprise.

Previously, in the castle, Anton Pu and others recorded strange numbers, words and symbols appearing on the walls. And Pu'an North leads to Dracula rumors through the connecting pattern formed by these strange number symbols. Now, this notebook has the same strange numbers, words, and symbols. It's just different from the walls of the castle, where the words and numbers are all marked separately, as if they are annotations. However, the notation used in these notes is incomprehensible.

As those before said, some people don't use standard logo language at all, and they may have their own labeling system.

"Did you ask Elmos what these things mean?"

Stindall shook his head: "He said I can't understand it, and I don't have to understand it, because it's going to be something higher." Let me keep it, and maybe one day I will become a higher level person and enjoy God's favor! ”

Cao Yao was confused: "Why is Elmos suddenly chattering again!" ”

"Maybe he's not Shinto, but he really cares about his old friend. It's just that he understands that his old friend can't understand it, so he simply doesn't explain. As for God's providence! Jiang Junyan pointed to the text symbol on it, "Elmos has already made it clear that this will be a higher-level thing." ”

"What the hell is going on?" Cao Yao blinked wide, because she knew that Jiang Junyan must have guessed something.

That's all Stindall knew, and after that, Elmos met with Stindale a few more times, until five years ago, when Elmos finally disappeared. Because he was mentally prepared, Stindale did not feel strange. At first, he cared a little about where Elmos was, but later, he got used to it.

After separating from Stindale, Jiang Junyan left his contact information, and he needed to keep in touch with this person, because Jiang Junyan understood that Emmels was a breakthrough.

And the conversation with Stindall just now also made Jiang Junyan pause, and he finally understood why there were many strange text patterns in the castle or other places.

After returning to his accommodation, he immediately got in touch with Zhuo Lefeng.

"Before, they thought it was a special sign, or some unknown symbol. But in my opinion, maybe this is a kind of writing culture! Elmos himself said to Stindel that this was something higher. So what is this higher level of stuff? It should be language, culture, and logical thinking! ”

Zhuo Lefeng actually didn't fully understand: "Can you explain it more clearly!" ”

"It's simple, Sapir-Wolf hypothetical."